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Kuwait

Kuwait

INTERPOL Kuwait coordinates the operational side of Kuwait’s law enforcement action relating to international investigations.

Under the command of the Minister of Interior, Kuwait’s Public Security Force provides law enforcement services to the people of Kuwait. Created in 1938, it is a national police force in charge of public security and the prevention, detection and investigation of crime.

Mandate:

Criminal investigation;

Emergency operations;

Immigration services;

International police cooperation;

Identification documents;

Incarceration Systems;

Law and order;

Prosecution;

Traffic control.

INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Kuwait

The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Kuwait is called the Arab and International Criminal Police Department (AICPD). It is made up of six sections:

International PoliceThis unit is Kuwait’s law enforcement connection with INTERPOL member countries and General Secretariat offices worldwide. It is the main law enforcement platform for international investigations involving Kuwait or Kuwaiti citizens. It coordinates Kuwait’s law enforcement action in relation to all categories of INTERPOL Notice, working with other NCBs on fugitive investigations, arrests and extraditions.The unit is also responsible for investigations relating to stolen vehicles and lost and stolen travel documents;

Arab PoliceCoordination of targeted regional law enforcement action with the 22 member countries of the Arab Interior Ministers Council;

Gulf PoliceCoordination of administrative matters relating to Kuwait’s membership of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, a politico-economic union of six member states located in the Gulf region;

Investigations
Coordination of the operational side of Kuwait’s law enforcement action relating to
- fugitive investigations;
- extradition and deportation;
- seizure of goods acquired through criminal activities;- lost or stolen Kuwaiti passports (in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

LYON, France – INTERPOL has offered its full support to French, Tunisian, Kuwaiti and Somalian authorities following four separate terrorist attacks which have left more than 80 people dead and many more injured.INTERPOL’s 24-hour Command and Coordination Centre (CCC) at its General Secretariat headquarters is in close contact with the National Central Bu...

LYON, France – Kuwait’s commitment to international police cooperation has been underlined with the signing of a formal agreement recognizing the INTERPOL Travel Document at the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.Chief of Kuwait Police and Ministry of the Interior Under Secretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Fahad Al Fahad and INTERPOL Secre...

LYON, France – The discovery of 20,000 illicit tablets hidden inside fake car parts has led to the issue of an INTERPOL Purple Notice at the request of Kuwait.The Tramadol tablets, which are illegal in Kuwait, were found during an investigation by the General Directorate for Combating Drugs when officers became suspicious of a parcel sent to an Egyptian n...

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